Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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APPENDIX No. 2—(continued).
TABLE II. Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1911.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||
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At allAges. | At Ages - Years. | East Battersea. | N. West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 andupwards. | |||||||||
Small-pox | - | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 206 | 3 | 92 | 95 | 11 | 5 | .. | 89 | 68 | 49 | 88 | 66 | 42 | |
Membranous croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 161 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 97 | 21 | 84 | 51 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | |
Scarlet fever | 325 | 4 | 93 | 198 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 150 | 112 | 63 | 149 | 112 | 60 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric fever | 20 | .. | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | .. | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |
Polio-encephalitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | 228 | 18 | 105 | 96 | 6 | 3 | .. | 126 | 57 | 45 | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis. | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 175 | .. | 3 | 22 | 23 | 114 | 13 | 69 | 70 | 36 | .. | .. | .. |
Under Tuberculosis (in Hospital) Regulations, 1911 | 168 | .. | 3 | 18 | 41 | 106 | .. | 83 | 57 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | |
Voluntary | 101 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 57 | .. | 42 | 47 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 981 | 53 | 304 | 406 | 72 | 124 | 22 | 475 | 309 | 197 | 269 | 198 | 113 |